Question

The bag contained red marbles and blue marbles. If the

ratio of red marbles to blue marbles was 5 to 3, what
fraction of the marbles were blue?

Answer 1

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Given that, the ratio of red marbles and blue marbles is 5 to 3 which can be written as 5:3. In simple words we can say that for every 5 red marbles, there are 3 blue marbles.

Now we need to find the total number of marbles. In order to find that, we must find the sum of red and blue marbles.

5+3=8

In conclusion, we can say that 3 of every 8 marbles in the bag are blue. Hence the fraction of the marbles that were blue 3/8